The Drummond Arms, Portswood

This is a pub I missed last year as I didn't know it existed. Anyway, visiting today. Five pumps, one is Old Rosie cider, one is not used, one is turned round, and the other two are Ringwood. Does food from Thursdays onwards. Veggie curry and a pint of Ringwood, should be OK. The Ringwood Old Thumper is not fresh, but is drinkable. The food takes an age to arrive.

L shaped room with pool table at one corner and a TV at the other with the main door in the middle. A typical local boozer with several customers on my visit. A little larger then the average back street local, and a little cold.


Date: Jan 2017    Score: 4


I came again, and wrote a full and decent report on the place, but lost it in an internet glitch, and then was so disheartened I didn't want to write it up again. Comments were about the helpfulness of the staff as regards the meal I had, and that the pub accommodated both students and the general public to create a warm and genuine locals pub. 

Date: July 2018    Score: 7 

  

At the moment the rear pub garden is open just for drinks. Enter by the side gate. 

Date: April 2021  Score: NA 

  

Back fully open. Meals from Wednesday to Sunday, from 1pm to 6pm (5pm on Sundays). 

Date: June 2023    Score:  N/A 

 

Lads Who Lunch visited for a lunch, only to find the landlord doing some model making on a table. "Sorry lads, I'm leaving in a few weeks, a new landlord is taking over - I've been here long enough, and it's time to go. So, there's no food. I'm just running the place down." As it was lunch we were after, I was up for leaving - but Myles ordered himself a pint, an absolute rarity for the man. So we stayed for a quick drink, and I had a dull exploration of the beer garden. What a gem. A little old and tired now, but you can see the promise. I hope the new landlord looks after the place. We'll be back in the summer to check it out. 

Date: July 2024   Score: 4 


56 Somerset Road
Southampton
SO17 3AA 

Open: Noon to 11pm (12am Fri & Sat; 10.30pm Sun)
Meals: Wed - Sat 1pm - 6pm; Sun 1pm - 5pm

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